The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

Some people might consider a "cute snake" an oxymoron, but we think these slithery companions are stinkin' adorable. Snakes have tons of charming qualities, from their expressive eyes to their curious ...

This pet is hiss-tory. A 13-foot Burmese python snake was relocated to a New York zoo after its owner admitted she was getting too big for him to care for. The three-and-a-half-year-old snake named ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is on. Amateur and professional snake hunters alike are scattered across parts of the Everglades on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they can. The ...

Harrowing video shows a girl in Australia swing around an eight-foot python as she tried desperately to free her guinea pig. Twelve-year-old Rosie Wightman was peering in the bushes of her backyard ...

The lengthy coastal carpet python was found hiding behind a coffee table at home in Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Officer Donald Aubrey of the Houma Police Department has earned the nickname 'reptile wrangler' Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

It was a chilly December day when Ian Bartoszek and a team of other biologists hiked into the wilderness outside Naples to track pythons. They were homing in on Loki, a 13-foot, 52-pound male. But ...